Amman vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$386	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$231
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	64	53
😀 Quality of life	68	46
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.25M

The cost of living in Amman is 8% less expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 5535th and 4987th ($994 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Venezuela, respectively. Check Jordan vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 3048th and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Caracas

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	Amman	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$5488

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1930
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$938
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$919
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$974
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$960
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$904
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$917
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$918
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$858
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$857
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$818
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$780
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$817
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$775
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$745
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$807
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$795
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$728
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$781
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$769
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$724
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$738
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$845
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$739
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$776
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$804
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1962
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$685
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$837
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$858
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$666
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$723